

Birth Control? Not So Much . . .
It’s really hard being a historical writer. We work for hours, sometimes years, learning as much as we can about the period we are...

Thornless Thursday: Author Kristen Heitzmann
Books are like roses. They are oftentimes pretty on the outside, but those thorns (graphic sex scenes) can be larger or smaller to a...
Toolbox Tuesday: Unnecessary Words, Part One: Redundancy
When I finished my first novel, Keeping Secrets, it came in at a whopping 180,000 words. Of course, that was way way way too long. It was...


Toolbox Tuesday: Tags are Not Just for Shopping
Tags. New authors love them. Seasoned authors hate them. And no, I am not speaking of shopping. For those of you who do not know, tags...


A Few of My Favorite Things: Book Review of "Heir of Hope" by Stephenia McGee
Emily Burns is an orphan, so when she receives news she has inherited a Mississippi Plantation by the name of Ironwood she is stunned....

Breaking Promises meets The Empire Strikes Back
I’ve set the final release date for Breaking Promises (which is two weeks earlier than planned) on May 28, 2015. So, I feel this is a...


Snips, Snails, and Puppy Dog Tails
What are little boys made of? Snips, and snails, and puppy dog tails. That’s what little boys are made of. Recently an article came over...


To School or Not to School
I am waiting for the day I get a review that disputes the education level of both David and Annie in my book Keeping Secrets, as well as...


Dodging Cars or Dodging Arrows?
Okay, so my boys are learning to drive. Actually, we’ve been at it a while now. But yesterday, while one of them was driving and I was...


Men in Tricorns - Or Maybe Not?
Everybody knows my head turns when I see a man in a tricorn, which only happens on a book cover or on television. Ben Barnes in a tricorn...